The Martial Unity

The Valley of Prisms got its name because the atmosphere had variable optical density such that light was bent and scattered while traveling through it.

Anybody who relied on vision alone would be doomed; unable to navigate properly and prone to suffering psychological damage and madness over time. Meanwhile, the lifeforms of the Valley of Prisms had evolved different senses, and their vision had dimmed.

It spoke volumes that, despite this, the Divine Doctor had somehow been the one to drive the catoblepas insane instead!

The prism effect of the valley was known to come from its esoteric vegetation interacting with the atmosphere in such a way that the gaseous exchanges caused the optical density of the atmosphere to be entirely non-uniform.

If Rui could study this, then he ought to be able to replicate the alteration in the optical density of the air, allowing him to bend and potentially even halt light in its path. Normally, he would need the guidance of a teacher like Master Gurren to aid him with that, but he had the very next best option at his disposal.

The Valley of Prisms would be his teacher.

At that moment, Rui felt an enormous amount of gratitude to the universe for guiding him to this destination with this particular purpose. For some reason, he had developed a blindspot to the possibilities that he had currently set out to explore.

Just thinking about how long it would have taken him to come up with this idea, if at all, in the first place, made his head spin.

Of course, there was another person he needed to thank.

"Thanks for the advice, Kane," Rui turned towards him. "Wouldn't have figured it out without you."

being a test subject

"Heh, you wish."

"Damn."

returned to

study of the Valley of Prisms while he replicated its optical density shenanigans over

before he embarked on this project, he knew it was going to take time. He

that, it was multi-faceted, and each facet was essentially its own

Rui had to spend some time engaging in empirical research on his environment. After said research, he would need to spend even more

gonna take a while," Rui heaved

to possibly believe that this could possibly be finished within

such timeframes, but he was under a tight schedule. He only had three years and eight months left until his father succumbed to the Eternal

how difficult it would be to

he had already

manage." His eyes

was clear that the Divine Doctor had a penchant for making an impression that

constantly dig up intelligence on the Divine Doctor from the animals of the regions that he visited. This would drastically cut down

the latter to be

of Prisms had already proven that the Divine Doctor could cause mass havoc and demographic-altering disruptions without leaving so much as a hint of a physical clue. The utility and necessity for Project Telepath in the pursuit of the

I can tap into

would be no animals whose memories he